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Big Brain Awards 2012: Meet This Year's Finalists

Big Brain 2012 Finalist: John Cavanagh

You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley's emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2012 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 7, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introdu ... More >>

Wet Strength

You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley's emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2012 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 7, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introdu ... More >>

Tail of Cool Kitties

You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley's emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2012 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 7, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introdu ... More >>

Carly's Bistro Nerd Nite III: Serene Dominic on The Osmonds

​ "It's like the Discovery Channel, with beer." Nerd Nite at Carly's Bistro is an informal gathering that goes down every so often, featuring noted (or not so noted) authors, experts, or fans sounding off on a nerdy topic of their choosing. Thursday, June 30, Arizona Republic and New Times contrib ... More >>

Valentine's Day Songs That Tell it Like it is

Not everyone is either totally head-over-heels in love or bitter and lonely on Valentine's Day.Some people are a little more realistic -- a little more down to earth -- about things.What about the rest of us? Whether you recently got dumped, have a crush, or just wanna get laid, there's a song out t ... More >>

The Best Beers of 2010

Photo courtesy of beercollege.net ​Dwell all you want on the poor economy, the dwindling job market or the plethora of depressing events of 2010 -- it's been a good year for beer. Despite a drop in overall beer sales, craft brews continue to rise in popularity, allowing innovative American b ... More >>

Sam the Cooking Guy: In Town Tonight with a New Cookbook and an Even Better Thing to do with Leftover Mashed Potatoes

While we at Chow Bella strive to provide you with the the best coverage of fine dining, interviews with the most sophisticated chefs in the greater Phoenix area, and recipes that will amuse even the most sophisticated bouche, we also realize that every once in a while you need a tomato and potato ch ... More >>

Dirt Devil: In the Heated World of Off-Road Racing, Pete Sohren Drives and Talks Hard

While we at Chow Bella strive to provide you with the the best coverage of fine dining, interviews with the most sophisticated chefs in the greater Phoenix area, and recipes that will amuse even the most sophisticated bouche, we also realize that every once in a while you need a tomato and potato ch ... More >>

Hot Links: Chemicals, John Huppenthal, and Lowell Observatory

​Two workers at the Raytheon Missile Systems plant in Tucson were treated and released from a local hospital after being exposed to hazardous chemicals. A Raytheon spokesman says workers were handling chemical waste just before noon yesterday when they saw smoke. The fire department responded, but ... More >>

Saving Alex: A Mother Finally Got Desperately Needed Help for Her Troubled Son — By Having Him Arrested

​Two workers at the Raytheon Missile Systems plant in Tucson were treated and released from a local hospital after being exposed to hazardous chemicals. A Raytheon spokesman says workers were handling chemical waste just before noon yesterday when they saw smoke. The fire department responded, but ... More >>

Bad Brains

Let’s hope for zero cranium-fluid during Noize Tour

Public Safety Roundup: New Kidnapping; Air Units Searching for 85-year-old; Witnesses Help Catch Robbers at Wal-Mart; Sheriff Arpaio Wakes Up

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

From the Society for Creative Anachronism to Self-Propelled Electronic Armored Racks, Simon Rohrich is a True Renaissance Man

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

“Lowriders and Tattoos” at Mesa Arts Center Is an Audiovisual Attack That Hurts So Good

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

What the Fork?: A prickly situation at The Gathering Restaurant

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

Werner Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

Documentary based on a New Times cover story premieres this weekend

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

The Bird poops on a crowd of 9/11 deniers and reports on the latest symbolic protest of Joe Arpaio

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

Booze Pig's looking for the missing "T" at Closing Soon Saloon

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

Michio Kaku

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

Don't Mind If I Do

Betty Mae Henderson Tuesday morning cop news releases:*Mesa police and Pinal County air units began searching for a lost 85-year-old woman before dawn this morning. Mesa police Sergeant Ed Wessing states, "Cell phone contact was made last night and it is believed she is in south Pinal County." The s ... More >>

Slapstick Scammers

The livid lapwing lambastes LifeLock phonies, J.T. Ready, and pathetic P-town puppy-huggers

It's Plain the Terrain Mainly Pertains to Spain

The livid lapwing lambastes LifeLock phonies, J.T. Ready, and pathetic P-town puppy-huggers

The Brain Game

Can Nintendo really make you smarter?

Click Clique

Flashes of brilliance at PAM

Monsters' Ball

Fright to the finish

Freak Out

Freak show front man Jeremy Kinison goes to extraordinary lengths for fame

Super Bowl V

The Valley's bid for the Big Game may be derailed by five missing tortoise babies

We Are the World

n2geo takes phrase "worldwide Web" literally

Moodroom

Hung Up on Breathing (Fowl Records)

For the Love of Jamie

Cheryl Moore expected a healthy baby to come off the plane from Korea. She got Jamie instead. And then she and her family made a surprising choice.

Reel People

Self-referential The Anniversary Party celebrates Hollywood angst with an all-pro crowd

Laughing Matters

The Bloodhound Gang and Nerf Herder differ drastically in terms of musical style and stage presence, but they share emphasis on the humorous and insulting

Happy Daze

Nebula conjures up memories of loud Les Pauls, long hair and weed

Fresh Blood

The left-field, ultra-low-budget The Blair Witch Project scares us in a way that Hollywood's forgotten

The Hack and the Quack

The "Phoenix Lights" made Frances Emma Barwood the darling of the global space-alien lobby. And it'stransformed computer geek Jim Dilettoso into a star in the UFO firmament.